Starlene02
1 Week Post Op!
Nov 21, 2015
I've really taken my time getting back into the swing of things and I'm still not 100% ready to jump back in. My surgery was last Wednesday 11/11/15 so I'm actually one week and 3 days post op! Sorry for the delayed update. I was a nervous wreck going into surgery but it was over with before I realized it and I'm glad I watched plenty of videos preop because I woke up in excruciating pain! Most say there is no pain but that was not the case for me. They quickly cured that with 4 IV shots of dilaudid and that was the worst of it. I never really had any bad gas pains. I've just been really achy and I'm having trouble getting much down. My surgeon says I had a little stomach to begin with so I have a very small sleeve. Which makes sense because, as I've said, I didn't get this surgery primarily for over eating. I got it more as a shock to my body, a reset to how I burn calories and a deterrent for making the simple meal choices.. aka, the not so healthy choices. I have an extremely hard time losing weight so I had to make some changes. My doctor thinks that I burn about half what the average person would burn so the way I figured it, my stomach should be smaller anyway! lol My starting weight at the hospital was 248 so I lost 10 pounds on my preop diet. I had my surgery Wednesday morning and was sent home Friday evening weighing more that I did going in, most likely due to swelling and IV fluids. I've lost very little since I've been home. I'm currently sitting at 241 and I'm struggling to hit 300 calories and not even close to hitting my protein and fluid intake. I'm working on it. I started walking on my treadmill last night, Friday 11/20/15, at a rediculously slow pace since any bouncing at all makes me crampy. From what I've seen people usually lose more than that during week 1. My family has been extremely supportive and they have really stepped up to give me the time I need to recover. They are making sure my kids are where they need to be, that my pets are tended to and that my house work is done. My kids are extremely active kids so this is no easy task. Between my husband, mom, dad and the kids helping out, we are making it work. I couldn't be more grateful. My husband has been working everyday on top of this and is still being very supportive. I was so affraid that I'd feel alone in my journey but that is just not the case. I'll have just a little extra thankfulness this Thanksgiving. I've also had several members from here message me personally to check in with me which I appreciate more than you know. I got my Christmas decor up before surgery so I'm just trying to concentrate on feeling better and altering my diet. My hubby stopped this morning to get me some soup from Subway so I'm gonna sip on that for the day and cuddle under a fuzzy blanket. It's chilly and windy here at the moment so it's a good day for it. Thanks to everyone for keeping in touch.
